Love
From all the jails the boys and girls
Love
From all the jails the boys and girls
Ecstatically leap, --
Beloved, only afternoon
That prison doesn't keep.
They storm the earth and stun the air,
A mob of solid bliss.
Alas! that frowns could lie in wait
For such a foe as this!
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “From all the jails the boys and girls.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/300/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “From all the jails the boys and girls.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/300/.
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